Filing-cabinet.



M. PERRET'EN. FILING CABINET.

APPL'ICATION FILED APR. I3, |9I6 Panted Muy 8, 1917.

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FILING- CABINET.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented May 8, 1917.

Application filed April 13, 1916. Serial No. 90,954.

To all whom t may concern:

lle it known that l, lvlrciiinn Pnaiin'rnN, a citizen of Switzerland, res ting at Alliance, in the county of Stai-l; and State of (Ehio, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Filing-Cabinets; and l do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains, to malte and use the same.

My invention is an improved filing cabinet of the type including a rotary men'iber having a plurality of compartments or pockets to receive therein thc matter to be tiled.

rlihe main object of the invention is to provide a devicel of the class specified which may be simply and inexpensively inanufao tured and marketed, yet which regardless of these advantages, will be highly efficient and durable.

A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby 'the springs holdersI used for retaining the bills and the like within the numerous pockets, may be made to prevent accidental removel of identification cards from card holders carried by the sides of said pockets.

`Yet another object is to )rovide an eX- tremely simple yet eflicient structure for forming the bottoms of the numerous pockets.

With these general objects in view, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in unique combinations of parts to be hereinafter fully described and claimed, the descriptive mattei being supplemented by the accompanying drawings which constitute a part of this application and in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved cabinet with the door thereof swung forwardly, this door being shown in section;

Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section through the improved cabinet;

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section taken on the plane of the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4E is a detail longitudinal section on the plane of the line e /1 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective detail of a portion of the rotary filing member.

In specically describing the construction shown in the drawings above briefly described, similar characters will be placed on corresponding parts through the several views, and reference will be made to the numerous elements by their respective indices.

To this end, the numeral 1 designates broadly a substantially cylindrical casing whose end walls are shown as provided on Atheir inner sides with sockets to receive the journals t of a rotarj-J filing member 5 which is housed within the casing. For allowing access to the member 5 at will, the front of the casing 1 is provided with a hinged door G adapted to swing forwardly and perhaps to serve as a desk when in this position, any preferred means such as that slur-.vn at 7 being provided for holding said door in closed position. ln most cases, a lool; will be employed for this purpose.

The rotary filing member 5 includes a pair of circular end plates 8 preferably having their edges turned laterally to form continuons reinforcing flanges 9, thereby allowing the manufacturer to construct said plates S of extremely thin material such as tin. EX- tending between the two end plates 8, is a series of radially disposed plates 10 which form therebetween pockets to receive the matter to be filed, the inner edges of the nlnnerous plates 10 being bent toward the bodies of said plates as shown at l1 and terminating in flat longitudinally disposed flanges 12 which Contact throughout their lengths with the adjacent faces of adjacent plates. ln most cases, the flanges 1Q will be soldered to the plates with which they contact, but other fastening means may well be used, and in fact if the end plates S be disposed in rather close proximity, the flanges 12 could well be free from anchoring means.

The plates 10 may be secured in any preferred manner to the end plates S, but the ends of said plates 10 are preferably provided with tongues 13 passed through radially alined slots 14: in said plates S, said tongues being bent laterally as shown mostclearly in Fig. rlhis is an efficient manner of anchoring the ends of the plates 10, yet it is extremely simple and inexpensive.

At suitably spaced points, the edges of the plates 10 are so cut and bent as to form card holders 15 extending laterally from said edges and having inlet mouths 16 at said edges, these holders being adapted to retain identification cards by means of which the location of any desired papers may be readily ascertained. As above set forth, one of the aims of the present invention is to provide means which will prevent removal of the cards from the holders 15, and will at the same time serve to prevent dislocation of the papers within the numerous pockets. To this end, curved springs 17 are pivoted at 18 to the plates 10, the inner ends of said springs acting to hold the bills or other papers in the aforesaid pockets, while the outer ends of these springs are disposed opposite the mouths 1G, and thus said ends will prevent removal of cards from the holders 15 until the springs 17 are swung to the dotted line position in` dicated in Fig. 2.

By constructing the improved cabinet in the manuel' shown and described, it may be easily manufactured at comparatively small expense, yet it will be highly eilicient and durable. Obviously, the bent inner edges of the plates l0 form effective bottoms for the numerous filing pockets, while the twofold function of the springs 17 renders them highly desirable.

Preferably, though not necessarily used in conjunction with the parts so far described, is a friction brake 2O forced into contact with the outer side of one of the end plates S by a spring 21 to normally hold the filing member 5 against rotation. A thumb lever 22 provided, however, by means of which the brake 2O may be moved from engagement with the aforesaid plate 8, thereby allowing the member 5 to be readily turned at will. The lever 22 is releasable only from the interior of the casing 1, (see Fig. 1) this being particularly desirable in view of the fact that even though the cabinet be roughly handled, for instance in moving from place to place, the member 5 may not rotate accidentally. This prevents the papers and the like which have been left for ready access upon opening of the door 6, from moving to other positions as will be readily understood.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, manner of operation, and numerous advantages of the improved cabinet will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation. In conclusion, however, 1 will state that although a number of specific details have been shown and described for accomplishing probably the best results, numerous changes may be made within the scope of the invention as claimed without sacrificing the main advantages thereof.

1 claim as my invention:

1. A device of the class described comprising, a rotary filing member including a plurality of radiating plates forming therebetween segmental pockets for papers to be filed, identification card holders carried by and extending laterally from the outer edges of said plates, said holders having inlet mouths at said edges of the plates, and paper holders carried by the aforesaid plates to hold the contents of thesegmental pockets therein, said paper holders having portions normally disposed opposite said mouths to prevent removal of cards from the card holders but being movably mounted to allow them to be so shifted as to readily permit the insertion or withdrawal of the afore said cards. y

A device of the class described comprising, a rotary liling member including a plurality of radiating plates forming therebetween segmental pockets for papers to be filed, identification card holders carried by and extending laterally from the outer edges of said plates, said holders having inlet mouths at said edges of the plates, and radially disposed springs pivoted between their ends to the sides of said plates,

the outer ends of said springs being disposed opposite the inlet mouths'of the holders to prevent removal of lthe cards from the holders, while the inner ends of said springs serve to retain the numerous papers in the aforesaid pockets.

3. A device of the class described comprising a filing member including a plurality of pockets for papers to be filed, identiiication card holders for said pockets, and multi--function members for holding papers in the pockets and for also holding the identification :ards in the card holders.

ln testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MICHAEL PERRETEN. Witnesses ROMAINE MonRIsnY, NELLIE PoE.

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